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Mark J. Seitz

The Most Reverend
Mark J. Seitz
Bishop of El Paso
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Seitz as auxiliary bishop of Dallas
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese San Antonio
Diocese El Paso
Appointed May 6, 2013
Installed July 9, 2013
Predecessor Armando Xavier Ochoa
Orders
Ordination May 17, 1980
by Thomas Tschoepe
Consecration April 27, 2010
by Kevin Joseph Farrell, Charles Victor Grahmann, Michael Duca
Personal details
Born (1954-01-10) January 10, 1954 (age 63)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas
Motto Paratum Cor Meum
Styles of
Mark Joseph Seitz
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Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Mark Joseph Seitz (born January 10, 1954) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso. On May 6, 2013, he was appointed Bishop of El Paso, Texas. He was installed on July 9, 2013.

Mark Seitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 10, 1954. He is the eldest of ten siblings. In 1972, he entered Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas in Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1976 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1980.

Seitz was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas A. Tschoepe on May 17, 1980. His first assignment was as a parochial vicar at Good Shepherd Church in Garland, where he served from 1980 to 1985. During this period, he earned a M.A. in Theology from the University of Dallas (1982) and an M.A. in Liturgical Studies from Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota (1985). He also took summer courses at the University of Notre Dame and Duquesne University.


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